Here are the statistics, %age of households with guns.

United States 39
Norway 32
Canada 29.1
Switzerland 27.2
Finland 23.2
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I see that the UK doesn't register in the statistics, everything that goes bang or is a bit sharp is banned here!

GBR competitors even have to go to France to practice some Olympic sports!

we would still kick anyones arses in a fight tho'

The Swiss army has long been a militia trained and structured to rapidly respond against foreign aggression. Swiss males grow up expecting to undergo basic military training, usually at age 20 in the Rekrutenschule (German for "recruit school"), the initial boot camp, after which Swiss men remain part of the "militia" in reserve capacity until age 30 (age 34 for officers). Each such individual is required to keep his army-issued personal weapon (the 5.56x45mm Sig 550 rifle for enlisted personnel or the SIG 510 rifle and/or the 9mm SIG-Sauer P220 semi-automatic pistol for officers, medical and postal personnel) at home with a specified personal retention quantity of government-issued personal ammunition (50 rounds 5.56 mm / 48 rounds 9mm), which is sealed and inspected regularly to ensure that no unauthorized use takes place. The ammunition are intended for use while traveling to the army barracks in case of invasion.

When their period of service has ended, militiamen have the choice of keeping their personal weapon and other selected items of their equipment. In this case of retention, the rifle is sent to the weapons factory where the fully automatic function is removed; the rifle is then returned to the discharged owner. The rifle is then a semi-automatic or self-loading rifle.

they are trained in 100 ways to kill you with that little toothpick that comes in the swiss army knife as well

Are those live?

...now its even against the law to hold a cartridge unless you have a gun licence.

Yeah, try going through an airport with your keys on that.

Did you pass this idea through the EPA? Since youknow, they're trying to ban lead (Pb) based ammunition?

Damn, now I have to find an Isotope for sale.

Eric- Badass! You need a .50cal for when somebody pulls off a miracle win.

My dad has a spent casing (brass) from a H&H .700 NE "big game" round that his tour chaperone test fired for them while on a trip to the dark continent a decade or so ago. (I think he said it was truck mounted, but offered in a double rifle configuration for the truly massochistic). It was apparently intended for charging elephants in the African bush, which seems to be more of a problem these days since the elephant population has rebounded somewhat (and they have lost their fear of humans, are running out of habitat, etc).

In any case, THAT should be the "bullet award" for the miracle win - especially if the likelihood of a repeat is non-existent (sort of like a "follow-up shot" using the .700 mag. I suspect you'd have a broken shoulder on the first shot.) I think there is something like 19,000 J of energy from that round. The bullet is 1000 grain weight